CVE-2026-59865
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Description
Kiota is an OpenAPI based HTTP Client code generator. Prior to 1.29.1 and 1.32.5, `kiota info` read x-ms-kiota-info.languagesInformation.<language>.dependencyInstallCommand plus dependency name and version values from an OpenAPI description and presented the spec-supplied command as Kiota's recommended install command, allowing an attacker-controlled or compromised description to cause command injection when the suggested command was run manually or through the Kiota VS Code extension's kiota info --json dependency-install flow. This issue is fixed in version 1.29.1 and 1.32.5.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-16 16:19:15.373000
Last modified
2026-10-24 20:10:00.137000
View original CVE JSON
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"published": "2026-07-16T16:19:15.373",
"lastModified": "2026-10-24T20:10:00.137",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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"value": "Kiota is an OpenAPI based HTTP Client code generator. Prior to 1.29.1 and 1.32.5, `kiota info` read x-ms-kiota-info.languagesInformation.<language>.dependencyInstallCommand plus dependency name and version values from an OpenAPI description and presented the spec-supplied command as Kiota's recommended install command, allowing an attacker-controlled or compromised description to cause command injection when the suggested command was run manually or through the Kiota VS Code extension's kiota info --json dependency-install flow. This issue is fixed in version 1.29.1 and 1.32.5."
},
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}
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"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
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"product": "kiota",
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/commit/e1d6d76c6eecbe50785429166faaf8c831e036c6",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/pull/7883",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/tag/v1.32.5",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/security/advisories/GHSA-hq9q-27g5-qwpj",
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